Field-kitchen.



;. McC. GUNN.

FIELD KITCHEN. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16| 1916.

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M E? w Z5 Patented Oct, 30, 1917.

J. McC. GUNN.

FIELDQKITCHEN. APPLICATION HLED NOV. 16. 19-16.

1,244,490 Patented 001s. 30,1917.

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JoHN MeoLAnY GUNN, or LONDON; onranio, CANADA, assrcrnonro Tern McCLARYMANUFACTURING oop, or LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA."

FIELD-KITCHEN. r

Specification of Letters l atent.

Application filed'November 1G, 1916. Serial No; 131;756.

To all whom it may concern, I

Be it known that I, JOHN MoCLARY GUNN, a subject: of the King of GreatBritain, and resident of the city of London, county of Middlesex, in theProvince of Ontario. in the Dominionof Canada-,have invented certainnewand useful Improvements in Field-Kitchens, as describedin'thefollowing specification and illustrated in the drawings that form partof the same.

The principal obj ects of the invention are,

to provide the maximum eflectiveccooking.

space for the preparation of food in army service, and to devise a'formof kitcheniin which heat is distributed in a most effective A furtherobjectis to arrangethe parts so as to facilitate theworkin'thepreparation.

of the meals, providing baking accommodation at one end of the apparatusand'boiling accommodation attheother withmeans for regulating the oneiorathe other independently; V 4 The principal? feature of the.invention consists in the novelrconstruction and an; rangement of parts,whereby the; food con-V tainers in whichfood to be cooked are sub-,

jected to the heating influence of a fire centrally arranged in.oneiend' ofthe apparatus and the baking'oven and awater supply areheated by a'separate fire.

i In the drawings, Figure lis a righthand side elevation of a fieldkitchen constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a left hand side elevation.

Fig. 4: is a front elevational view.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross sectionalview through the line a-b of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view through the line cd of Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

The device is formed of a rectangular shaped casing 1 carried on an axle2 sup-' ported upon the wheels 3.

A smoke pipe l is arranged centrally at the top and the casing isdivided perpendicularly by a transverse partition 5 ex tending from thetop to the bottom. The

of partitions 6 forming a central chamber 7 which communicates with thesmoke pipe and; side chambers S. The central chamber '3 is dividedmidway at its height by a plate 9 and the lower portion of the chamberis provided with grates 10 in the bottom and forms a fire-b0 y x 11 areopenings formed in the partitions 6 opening from each side of thefirebox below the plate 9 and communicating with theside;

chambers, 8. The gases of combustion flow outwardly through theseopenings into the chambers 8 and passing upwardly find egressthrough theopenings 12 arranged at the top of'the chambers 8 and communication withthenppercentral chamber 57,, the

gases flowing from here to thesmoke pipe.

13 are bars extendingtransversely across the side chambers 8 andarranged immediately above the level of the top of the open-,

ings 11. 7 These bars are adapted to support the food containers 14Lwhich are inserted casing 1.

the food containers,.thus obtaining themaximum results from [the fuel. f

The top of the central chamber 7 is covered with a suitable'castplateand provides an excellent heating surface which maybe utilized forkeeping articleshotwhen the kitchen is stationary. V i a The fireboxis'provided with a suitable door 17 at the front end. The rear portionof the casing 1 is provided with a -firebox-l-8 at one side and an oven19 occupies the remaining space, the hot gases from the firebox passingover the top and around the outer end of the oven finding exit through aflue communicating with a space beneath the bottom as is usual invarious forms of stove structures, the exit flue being connected to thesmoke pipe 4.

A water reservoir 20 is arranged upon the top of the firebox andutilizes the heat of the fire to provide a supply of hot water.

A rail 21 is arranged above the top of the oven and the oven fireboxstructure which rail holds the water reservoir from shifting and alsoforms a guard for securing any utensils placed upon the top of the oven.

The kitchen is provided with swinging leg members 22 which are held in araised position.- ivhile the vehicle is being transported c flatentedOct. 30 .1917;

from place toplace and which are dropped to re stlupon the ground whenthe vehicle is stationary. A pole socket :28 is arranged at the forwardside of the device into which a pole for a draft team may be inserted orto which a perch may be secured for connecting the device to a limber,The smoke pipe is 'reterabl hin ed to swin into a horib: B

zontal position and a suitable rest 2% is arranged at the forward end.

25 are draft hooks secured to the sides of the casing 1 to whichsuitabledratt attachments may be secured for pulling the Vehicle andsuitable brakes 26 are also provided.

kitchen such asdescribed provides an extraordinary"amount of cookingspace and the special arrangement of the forward section sodistributesthe heat as to obviate the overheating of any portions of thefood containers.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a field kitchen, a rectangularcasing supported on wheels and having a division wa'llarrangedintermediate or its length extending from bottom toitop, the portion atone sideof'said partition containing an oven and afireboX arranged atone side of the v O VBIlySR -lCl oven and" firebox" having doors openingfrom 'one end of the casing, the portion of the casing at the other sideof said partition containing a firebox centrally arranged and openingfrom the end opposite to'the oven andicompartments arranged each sideiofsaid "central fireboxand having the gases of combustion passingtherethrough, said side compartments having openings" in, the top, foodcontainers removably arranged in said openings in the side compartments,means for directingthegases of combustion ardnind said containers, and asmoke fine connected'withboth fireboXesQ 2; A field kitchen, comprising,arectangular casing divided transversely, one end thereof havinglongitudinally arranged par- 1,2aa,eee 7 titions forming a centralchamber and side compartments, a grate arranged in said central chamber,a horizontal plate dividing said central chamber transversely, fluepassages leading outwardly from the fire box 3. A field kitchen,comprising, a rectangu lar casing CllVlClGCl transversely, one endthereof having longitudinally arranged partitions forming a centralchamber and side compartments, a grate arranged in said-central chamber,a horizontal plate/dividing said central chamber transversely, fine'passages leading outwardly from the firebox below said plate andcomniunicating with said side compartments, bar supports 1 ranged insaid-compartments aboye saidfiue passages, fine passages leading fromthe top of i said sidecompartments to 'apassage above'the firebox,removable food containers supported upon said bar supports within saidside compartments, baflie plates arranged within said sidecompartments-and extending partially around said food containers fromthe inner sides oi;- the compartment and arranged between the upper andlower fine passagesofsaid compartments and directing the gases aroundthe outer sides of the food containers, and a smoke :pipe ;lead-' ingfrom the central compartment above the firebox.

JOHN MGGLARY GUNN.

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Washington, D. G.

